Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1887-01-13
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her husband to Portland, Ore, and took
him home with her.
!. Mrs Penseyers. of Buffalo. N. ", mar
ried a fourth husband and then killed
him because she was Jealous.
George Alfred Townsend, after dictat-
ing Tor some hours to a stenographer,
found out that the fellow was insane.
The friends Of the late Sojourner
Truth, of Battle Greek, Mich, are max
ing an effort to-erect monument ever
her grave.
Queen Victoria has ordered tea set
of fifty pieces Of Burmese ware, 10 be
made for her by New Bedford, Mass,
manufacturer.
nj. Stambouloif the statesman whom
the Car is said to fear more than any
other man in Bulgaria, is only trlhe
over thirty-seven.
Miss Ella Martin, a New England
girl, is editor of the North Nebraska
argus. The Argus has a sharp tongue
as well as keen eyes.
Tar as fuel for ocean steamers is
about to be experimental upon by
German who has constructed a novel
furnace for the purpose.
In recent case at Seattle, w. T..
Judge Green held that the territorial
law pronouncing the smoking of opium
illegal was unconstitutional
A Danish hound on exhibition in
Philadelphia museum stands as high rs
a man. He is the largest dog in the
world, and cost his owner $4,000.
NJ. Pasteur. being urged by his family
TO rest for time from his labors, re-
piled, when am not working seem
TO myself to be committing theft"
John Crossman, who died at China,
Me-, recently at the age Of nineiy-sx
years. leaves six sons and one daughter,
thirty-two grandchildren and forty
REORGANIZATION.
In 1S49 a deposit of $40 was made in
the savings bank at Dover. n. ii. 1t re-
manned in the bank until the other day,
when the book was presented and the
account closed 10y the payment Of
$195.S3.
Willie Abronson is the name of lit
TIC ANtlnoitLti jew l. , Ntti0 tAAAs 1T yitoGul
stopping in Philadelphia, who has tray
eled over Russia, Germany, and En-
gland and is able to black boots in ten
languages.
Mrs. Anna l.. Murphy. widow of the
San Francisco millionaire, is woman
to be commisseraled She cannot live
comfortably on her allowance OF $1,000
Il month from the estate, and petitions
to have it increased
The Baltimore Americaa, speaking of
the wIcRcd city of Cincinnati, says that
lis inhabitants put sugar on their oys-
tiers, and anybody VINO will put sugar
on oysters viii put vinegar or lyonaise
dressing ON Ice cream. =
Industrial people the imperial family
of Austria are. Ine Crown Prince has
lately published big book. the Arch
duchess Maria Valerie is writing play
and the Archdukc Karl Salvador has
just got paient for new repeating
r!ile.
Dr. Eaton. Of Benson. Mimi, is
Justice OF the peace rs well rs physician,
and the economical people around there
manage to aaF blm we hym neal knots
when Tee il Gated ont eight Or ten miles
tnlo the ounlr{ on medical or surgical
business.
g. O Narfoa a lcaiing merchant OF
New II Aua, Conn. WAS fined so and
costs III tec City Court for giving his
customers euanec % guess tine number
Of seeds in Il squash. The nearest guess
ers wee to receive prizes. lie WAS ar
rested on the charge Of dlSposlng of
4oois rs nance. He took aa appeal
to the Superior Court.
One Of The latest ideas ia the matter
OF the arrangement If furniture for re
cepliOns j. to have three gi.ded bamboo
chairs so arrau ed that their backs
form an acute-angled triangle. In some
instances the chairs are tied together in
this position with handsome bow and
ends of various colored satin ribbon.
William Rockefeller. of the Standard
Oil Company, has purchased the entire
estate of the late William IL A .pinwall
in the towns of Mount Pleasant and
Ossining, on the Hudson. The property
comprises about eight hundred acres
and all the buildings and appurtenances
thereon. The price paid is not known.
Jay Gould is said to figure that if ne
should give fifty men $1,000 each to 90
into business for themselves, one-half
would fail and lose all within five years.
and the other twenty-five would be mad
because he was able To make it $1,000
and didn't do it. He argues that men
appreciate their own earning far more
than gift.
A remarkable family experience has
occurred at Findley's Lake. Chautauqua
County. n. Y. 1t was the taking Of a
photograph of Mrs. Benjamin Boorman,
of that place; her son. Edwin Boorman;
his daughter, Mrs. G. r. Osborne; her
daughter. Mrs. d. j. Dean, and Mrs.
Deans baby. The picture represents
five generations all in good health.
Miss Ransom, Cleveland artist. has
just completed a portrait Of ex-President
Garfield, which is said 10 be Il perfect
likeness of the assassinated President,
just rs he appeared when he delivered
his inaugural. address from the front of
the Capitol. Mrs. Garfield, when she
saw the portrait, pronounced it the best
likeness of her husband she has yet
seen.
Mr.. and Mrs 1. w. Parsons, of Fair
mont, Neb.. are the parents of dIminu-
tive boy baby Weighing only two and a
quarter pounds. II is only thirteen and
a half inches in length from the crown
TO the feet, and measures across the
back of the hand seyon-cighlhs Of an
inch, while the nails on its little toes, rs
the father says. look like small dots 1t
is now two weeks old is perfectly form
cd, vigorous, healthy, and takes its
rations with as much enjoyment as big
ger boys.
j. L. Cole, a hardware merchant of
Buffalo, has remarkably intelligent
dog, small white cur of uncertain
pedigree. This dog knows any number
OF difficult tricks, and so confident is
Mr.. Cole in its abilities that he is now
willing to bet a large sum that the dog
can walk n tight rope across the Niagara
gorge, and he'll give him chance. pro-
vided the railroad companies or the
Niagara Falls hotel folks will contribute
$1,000 toward the expense Of stretching
the rope and net.
The mother of five newborn shepherd
puppies. near Huston, was mourning
the death of four of her babies that had
been taken from her, when very
young pig. whose mother had lost it,
came squealng around the doghouse.
The shepherd dog at once adopted the
little porker, and il now suckles along